Reversible cuff.



l. GOODMAN.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2a. I9I6.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

.Illlllllll III.||| |IIII| 2km-"m JULIUS GOODMAN, 0F BALTIMORE,

REVERSIBLE cUEE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1*?, 1918.

Application filed March 28, 1916. Serial No. 87,157. v

To all whom z't may concern." v

Be it known that I JuLrUs GOODMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in combined shirt-cuffs and shirt-sleeves.

The object of .this invention is to provide a novel construction of cud that shall be detachable from the wrist-band of a shirt-sleeve, that shall be foldable longitudinally so that the flap-part of the cuE may be made to assume a reverse position from one side to the other.

' When the flap-surface that is outward has become soiled, the entire cuff may be removed from the wrist-band and reversed with respect to the wrist-band and then reattached thereto and ther flap-part folded over to place the soiled surface of the flap inward andl the clean surface thereof outward.

This improvement in cuffs has particular reference to what are termed soft shirts, or unstarched, with soft cuEs.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure l, is a view of the cu spread open Hat, and a portion of one surface broken away to show lining.

Fig. 2, is a view of the shirt-sleeve and its wrist-band.

Fi 3, is a view of one half of a cud showing the bifurcated or double attaching edge spread open.

Fig. 4c, is a side view of one half of the culin attached to the wrist-band.y y

Fig. 5, shows a portion of the .two aps of the bifurcated edge of the cu spread wide open lat, to indicate the dierent positions of the two rows of sockets.

Fig. 6, is a'section showing the Hap part of the cuff folded and attached to the Wristband as when worn.

Fig 7, is a view of the stud and socket.

The shirt sleeve is designated by the numeral 7 and the wrist-band 8, is permanently attached to the end ofthe sleeve.

The wrist-band and sleeve-end have a placket-slit 9, as usual, and when the placket slit is closed it is fastened by means of a button 10, and button-hole 11.

The cui 12 is shown in Fig. 1, spread out Hat; one longitudinal half of the cu has a lining 13, shown in Fig. 1, where the outer ply 14, is broken away; the other half has no lining.

The three plies in the longitudinal half where the lining is may be called the folding flap 15', because this part of the cuff folds over as in Fig. 6.

The edge 16, of the lining 13, extends longitudinally along the center of the cuff and serves as a guide-edge on which the Hap-part 15, folds. The lining is heldin its place by stitches 17, near the longitudinal and end edges; also the guide-edge 16, of said lining is secured to one of the outer plies 14, by a line of stitches 18, which prevent said lining from shifting its position, and forming wrinkles that would show eX- teriorly in an unsightly manner.

The longitudinal edgev 19, of the cuif which fastens to the wrist-band 8, is bifurcated, that is instead of being one edge it is a double edge as shown in Figs. 3, 4L and 5, such double edge being obtained by splitting the thicknesses of the cuff longitudinally, thus producing two edges which taken together have an inverted \'shaped formation; a line of stitches 20, extends longitudinally of the cuif along the top or joining part of Said two bifurcated edges. When the cuff is fastened to the wrist-band the inverted V-edge straddles the edge of the wrist-band 8, and conceals the latter from view, and also entirely conceals the metal fasteners.

The wrist-band 8, of the sleeve is provided on its interior face with a row of studmembers 21, of a two-member metal Vfastener. 1n the present instance five stud-members are permanently secured to the wristband. These stud-members engage their counterpart socket-members 22, which are secured to lthe bifurcated edges, or double edges 19, of the cud, and within said inverted V-shaped split formation. The studmembers 21, have their bases attached onto the interior face of the wrist-band, a's shown, the stud itself projecting from the center of the base will enter the hole of a socketmember 22, on the cu'. .Y

rlhe cufl:1 is provided with two rows of socket-members 22, one of said rows being secured within the inverted V-shaped split tothe inner face of one part of the bifurcated edge and the other row of socket These two horizontal rows of socket-members 22, are shown in Figs. 1 and 5; when looking at the outer surface of the cuff as an article, the socket-members cannot be seen, but in the drawing, Fig. l, they are indicated in dotted circles and the socketmembers on one double-edge appear above the row of socket-members on the other double-edge.

This diferent position of the two rows of socket-members 22, on the two parts O f the bifurcation, alfords the advantage that when the socket-members ofthe lower row are Aengaged with the studs on the wristband 8, the cuf itself will be lower or farther down' on the wrist of the `person Wearing it; and again when the ls/ocket-members of the upper row are engaged with the studs, the cuff itself will be shorter, or higher on the persons wrist. This different adjustment enables the wearer of the cuff -to secure amore satisfactory fit.

In Fig. 5, the two parts of the bifurcated edge 19, are shown spread away oppositely from their top where they are joined toi gether, and both parts in this- Fig. 5, ,lie

flat in the same plane.

.It will be understood that when these two parts of the bifurcation have the inverted V-shaped position, the upper and lower` horizontal edges of Fig. 5, willthen be together, as in Figs. 1 and 4, then the sockets 22, on one part will not overlap or touch the sockets on the other part.

At each end the cuff has two button holes 23, 24:, and these two holes are equi-distant from the folding guide-edge 16, of the lin`- ing, which when the cuff is folded brings the twoholes at the same end into coincidence, and when the opposite ends of the culi' are brought together a cuff-'button may llelinserted through all four of the buttono es.

Having described my invention what I claim is, f

The combination with a shlrt sleeve havf ing a wrist-band, of a series of snap-fastener studfmembers secured around the inner side of the wrist-band; a culf provided along one with two separable flaps, a series of ferent horizontalplanes with respect to thedetachable edge of the cuff.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence'of two'witnesses.

v JULIUS GOODMAN. Witnesses:

E. K. EDWARDS, Clins. B. MANN. 

